University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 21826, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 385 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
307 Episcopal Minister

Episcopal Minister Delivers Address on "Patriotism and the Slaveholders' Rebellion" at Dartmouth

ca. 1861 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
308 Ohio Teacher

Ohio Teacher Arrives in Northeastern Indiana; Finds It to Be a "Secession Hole" in 1865

May 9, 1865 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
309 Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles

Confederate Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles Lists Members of His First Civil War Command

August 9, 1861-February 19, 1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
310

U.S. Colored Troops Civil War Discharge for South Carolina Private

September 1, 1864 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
311 Stephen Decatur

Stephen Decatur 1816 ALS Handsomely Framed

July 11, 1816 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 Unknown
312 James Denver

James Denver 9pp ALS Predicting the Civil War, "The Southern people... think that their rights have been invaded...", With Bonus Manuscript!

January 26, 1861 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
313 Desmond Doss,

Desmond Doss, Heroic Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Conscientious Objector and Combat Medic

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
314 Robert E. Lee

Confederate General Robert E. Lee Submits Status Report Before Returning to Richmond

October 29, 1861 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 Unknown
315 Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee 1844 ALS As Chief Engineer's Assistant Re: Fort Mifflin, Where Confederate POWs Would Be Held 20 Years Later!

January 1, 1844 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
316 Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur TLS re: MacArthur Park & Jimmy Durante

1962-04-09 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
317 Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur "Reminiscences" Signed Limited Edition PSA Authentication. Fantastic Autobiography.

ca. 1964 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
318 George McClellan

George McClellan for President in 1864! A Soldier's Used Mail-In Ballot from Ohio

ca. 1864 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
319 Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles ALS to Fellow General

2007-03-10 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
320 American Fighter

American Fighter Aces Album Signed by 60+ Flyers!

ca. 1996 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
321 Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson 1803 Important ALS Discussing Admiralty Affairs 1 Month Before Disembarking For Toulon Blockade

April 8, 1803 USD 5,500.00 - 7,500.00 Unknown
322 Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson ALS "I have to thank you for your good news of the Ratification of the Peace" - It Sets the Stage for the Napoleonic Wars! Hugely Important

October 9, 1801 USD 5,500.00 - 7,500.00 Unknown
323 Charles Alexander

Nuremberg Trials Photo Album by Official U.S. Photographer Charles Alexander, 90 Images

ca. 1945-46 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
324 George Patton

George Patton TLS During Battle of Metz Amid "vicious fighting" & Weather Making It "hard to use tanks"

2044-10-04 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
325 G.S. Patton

G.S. Patton War Time Signature - PSA NM-MT 8

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
326 David Porter

David Porter DS For Midshipman's Lodgings in New Orleans

July 21, 1808 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
328 Edwin M. Stanton

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton Gives Wartime Pass to Most Famous Preacher in America

May 1, 1863 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
329

"The Tuskegee Airmen" Book Signed By 11 Members!

ca. 2004 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
330 Gideon Welles

Gideon Welles & Lewis Cass DS Pairing, One War-Dated 1862

June 23, 1858 & September 5, 1862 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
331 William C. Westmoreland

Gen'l William C. Westmoreland as Chief of Staff for US Army During Vietnam War, Signed MacArthur FDC

1971-01-26 USD 100.00 - 160.00 Unknown
332

Top of WTC Observatories Ticket 19 Days from 9/11 Attack

2001-08-23 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000